Gooey Brookies

Gooey Brookies

Prep Time

30minutes

Cook Time

9minutes

Serves

34people

Now tell me this isn’t a dilemma: whether to make chocolate chip cookies or gooey, fudgy brownies for yourself or your children….Of course it is! There’s no need to make a choice. The solution? Gooey Brookies.

That’s why Brookies are so popular and loved. You get the best of both worlds in every bite and they are much easier to make than you think.

Preparation

1
Beat half the butter with granulated sugar, 2 eggs and half the vanilla until as smooth as possible. In a separate bowl, mix 1-1/4 cups flour, cocoa and half the baking soda. Add dry to wet and continue beating until well incorporated, on low speed. Cover and refrigerate while continuing with recipe.

2
Beat remaining butter with brown sugar, 2 eggs and remaining vanilla until very smooth. In a separate bowl, mix remaining flour with remaining baking soda and reduce speed of mixer to low. Beat in dry with wet until well blended. Fold in chocolate chips. Cover and refrigerate both bowls for 30 minutes.

3
Preheat oven to 350-degrees F. Line 2-3 large cookie pans with parchment paper; set aside.

4
Keeping palms wet with water, roll out 2 tablespoon measures of brownie mix into a ball. Do the same with cookie dough. Press both balls of dough together and roll into one larger dough ball. Place on prepared pan with the separation line facing up. Flatten to about 1/2 thick. Continue with remaining dough, leaving at least 1-inch between Brookies.

5
Bake 8-9 minutes, or until lightly browned on bottom. The Brookies will be very soft to the touch on top, but this is what makes them gooey and moist. Remove from oven to cool slightly before lifting each cookie onto a rack to cool.

Jim Bailey

The Yankee chef, Jim Bailey, is a third generation chef, food columnist, cookbook author, food judge and New England’s foremost food historian. His motto, It's Just That Simple!™ expounds on the concept that anyone can create and prepare recipes made by celebrity chefs on television, but without all the expense, expertise and special equipment. Chef Jim also dons his signature pink chefs coat as a tribute to all breast cancer sufferers, both in the past and present.